Determine whether each of the following topics would more likely be studied in microeconomics or macroeconomics. a. the effect of government regulation on a monopolist's production decisions. b. the effect of federal government spending on the national unemployment rate. c. the effect of an increase in the money supply on the rate of inflation.

Vulcan flyovers offers scenic overflights of mount st. helens, the volcano in washington state that explosively erupted in 1982. data concerning the company’s operations in july appear below: vulcan flyovers operating data for the month ended july 31 actual results flexible budget planning budget flights (q) 56 56 54 revenue ($350.00q) $ 16,500 $ 19,600 $ 18,900 expenses: wages and salaries ($3,300 + $91.00q) 8,354 8,396 8,214 fuel ($31.00q) 1,904 1,736 1,674 airport fees ($870 + $35.00q) 2,730 2,830 2,760 aircraft depreciation ($11.00q) 616 616 594 office expenses ($240 + $1.00q) 464 296 294 total expense 14,068 13,874 13,536 net operating income $ 2,432 $ 5,726 $ 5,364 the company measures its activity in terms of flights. customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount. required: 1. prepare a flexible budget performance report for july that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances.

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.

The starr theater, owned by meg vargo, will begin operations in march. the starr will be unique in that it will show only triple features of sequential theme movies. as of march 1, the ledger of starr showed: cash $3,150, land $22,000, buildings (concession stand, projection room, ticket booth, and screen) $10,000, equipment $10,000, accounts payable $7,300, and owner’s capital $37,850. during the month of march, the following events and transactions occurred. mar. 2 rented the three indiana jones movies to be shown for the first 3 weeks of march. the film rental was $3,600; $1,600 was paid in cash and $2,000 will be paid on march 10.3 ordered the lord of the rings movies to be shown the last 10 days of march. it will cost $200 per night.9 received $4,500 cash from admissions.10 paid balance due on indiana jones movies rental and $2,200 on march 1 accounts payable.11 starr theater contracted with adam ladd to operate the concession stand. ladd is to pay 15% of gross concession receipts, payable monthly, for the rental of the concession stand.12 paid advertising expenses $900.20 received $5,100 cash from customers for admissions.20 received the lord of the rings movies and paid the rental fee of $2,000.31 paid salaries of $2,900.31 received statement from adam ladd showing gross receipts from concessions of $6,000 and the balance due to starr theater of $900 ($6,000 × 15%) for march. ladd paid one-half the balance due and will remit the remainder on april 5.31 received $9,200 cash from customers for admissions.1.) enter the beginning balances in the ledger.2.) journalize the march transactions. starr records admission revenue as service revenue, rental of the concession stand as rent revenue, and film rental expense as rent expense. (credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually. record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)3.) post the march journal entries to the ledger. (post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the previous question.)